Work on and with our bodies is a lifetime goal. In our bodies, we hold so many emotions, including shame, insecurity and anxiety. For everyone those feelings are held and experienced differently - urges to hide our bodies, hunch, make ourselves small, harm ourselves, move constantly, constantly seek safety and reassurance, please others, etc. These emotional experiences come right alongside physical reactions: stomach aches, headaches, itchiness, difficulty remaining still, heaviness. Pay attention to your body - start labeling some of these feelings. And consider what your body would feel like if you allowed it to be a space of forgiveness and respect. How would your body feel differently and how would you feel in your body? Would you be more calm? Would you walk with more confidence? Would you feel more comfortable with others? Would you smile more? Consider this today and if releasing these feelings is difficult and you don’t know where to start, work with a professional to help unpack some of it. It’s okay that it takes time - little bit by little bit is still progress forward. #bodyawareness#soma#bodypositive#sacred#sacredspace#forgiveness#shame#release#respect#insecurity#littlebitbylittlebit#yougotthis#mentalhealth#mybodyisatemple#progress#progressnotperfection#home#awareness#reflect#feel

I can hear the clay shoot in the distance, so am not totally relaxed, but it's a start 🕸🌸🏵 Apparently my tea infuser is sacred and will make me a better person. (Amazon says). The tea itself is an esoteric brand I got @andrewsmallshooting 😘 for Christmas called "calmthef#@kdown" tea. You can see how well that gift went down by the fact that it's just me drinking it, almost a year later! 😏🤣
#tea#calm#garden#peace#sacred#ctfd

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Bartsham Chador Lhakhang got a very fascinating tales about famous thumb size replica of Chador (Varjapani). This is one of the very old and sacred monastery in Eatsern Bhutan, Trashigang. Chador Lhakhang is considered to be one of the most important and sacred monasteries in east Bhutan. This monastery was earlier known as Goemba Ringbu. It was renamed Chador Lhakhang after the precious treasure, a replica of Chana Dorji (Vajrapani), was brought there and kept in the temple. Later, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the great master of Jamyang Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche, gave the monastery a new name: Sangdag Gaypailing. The temple was originally built in the 12th century, but the present-day Chador Lhakhang was founded by Lama Pema Wangchen (or Lama Nagpo), a great disciple of Dudjom Rinpoche. He laid the foundation for the temple in 1977 and it was completed in 1986. This precious statue of Chana Dorji was a terma of the great treasure discoverer of Bhutan, Terton Pema Lingpa, who lived in the 15th century. It is believed that two statues of Chador Yabyum had been concealed as a hidden treasure (ter) in the Yutsho (turquoise lake) at Khar in Pema Gatshel, and were retrieved by Pema Lingpa. Later they were presented to the chieftain of Khardung, the Khardung Koche. (According to some other accounts, the statues were hidden by Pema Lingpa and found by the Khardung Koche. The statue’s reputation as a protective deity has spread far and wide, and people from all walks of life travel across the country to offer prayers and seek Chana Dorji’s blessings. It is believed to answer every prayer of the faithful devotee, and especially to protect against snake bites, cure leprosy and bless women with many children. We can visit here some villages and mingle with the local people, drink some local wine (ara). - Authentic Bhutan Tour's.
#chador#lhakhang#bhutanese#temple#buddhist#easternbhutan#happinessisaplace#grossnationalhappiness#tashigang#pilgrimage#sacred#terton#pemalingpa#canon#canonuser#eos80d#euuthog_photography

One of the most important realizations in my life has been the importance of my flexibility to meet others where they're at.⁣
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That means in moments of heated exchange and misunderstanding I need to have the awareness to know when to step back and give space, and also to know when I am being too rigid in my desire for them to meet me where I'm at.⁣
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Practicing compassion and loving-kindness with myself has cultivated the ability to practice it with others. ⁣
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This process starts deep within the self, within the intention to expand your heart to include every one and every thing around you.⁣
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Don't hide away in your corner of the forest. There is too much landscape to explore and beauty to uncover.⁣
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Today the men were kickin’ it. If you want a chill ol’ time that rolls with natural flow... @jordan_dalby_priv_ is your man ✊🏻
If you want to know what calm and loving power feels like... look into his eyes and feel held. The world is at your service mate, because you are at the service of the world
And world... you can’t break him because he is of the father and the father is me!
Compassion will take the broken and make them whole again.
Real men beat their chests to show the world that they lead from the heart. #warrior#sacred#sacredmasculine#masculine
You best believe I worked myself up writing that. Where are all the brothers! I need to magnify this ✊🏻